Alek is a family man and a father of two who works for his dad’s company selling specialized products to pipeline companies. As part of his job, Alek regularly drives from Houston, where he lives, to south Texas, where one of the world’s largest oil fields is located.
Alek was driving home from a work trip on I-35 near San Antonio when a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy pulled him over for allegedly drifting between lanes. What should have been a momentary delay quickly turned into an unconstitutional fishing expedition.
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